Resume, Exhibition History, Works on View & Bibliography
Resume
Born: 1946, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, US
Lives: Tenants Harbor, Maine, 04860, US
Education:
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1974 – 1978
Tufts University School of Medicine, MD, 1972
Bowdoin College, BS, 1968
Principal Medium: Digital Video
Lives: Tenants Harbor, Maine, 04860, US
Education:
School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1974 – 1978
Tufts University School of Medicine, MD, 1972
Bowdoin College, BS, 1968
Principal Medium: Digital Video
Solo & Two-person Shows
2005 “Visual Harmonics: Texture and Rhythm in Color ” Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA, US
1999 “ ‘Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life’ ” Recent Paintings & Constructions, Sea Studio Gallery, Saint George, ME, US
1994 “Retrieval II” McQuade Library Art Gallery, Merrimac College, North Andover, MA, US
1992 “Laminage” McQuade Library Art Gallery, Merrimac College, North Andover, MA, US
1989 “Recent Paintings & Constructions” McQuade Library Art Gallery, Merrimac College, North Andover, MA, US
1988 “Color & Geometry” Harbor Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, US
1988 “Recent Paintings” Gallery 28, New England School of Art & Design, Newbury St.,
1987 “Geometric Abstraction” Harbor Square Gallery, Harbor Square, Camden, ME, US
Selected Group Exhibitions
2006 “ORDER(ed)”: Visual concepts of order in the work of 17 abstract artists Siano Gallery, 309 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA, US
2005 “Engaging the Structural” Broadway Gallery, 473 Broadway, New York, NY, US
2004 “20/20 enVision” The Art Gallery at the University of New England, Portland, ME,
2003 “20/20 enVision” Colby College Museum of Art, Waterville, ME, US
2003 “Roads & Pathways” Gallery One, Rockland, ME, US
2002 “Music,” Gallery One, Rockland, ME, US
2001 “Bodies of Work II” Gallery One, Rockland, ME, US
1999 “Windows” Gallery One, Rockland, ME, US
1992-2005 “Monday Night Group, Annual Exhibition” Sea Studio Gallery, Saint George, ME, US
1994 “Bodies of Work” Gallery One, Rockland, ME, US
1991 “Group Invitational” Ariel Gallery, Greene St., New York, NY, US
1990 “Constructivist Paintings” Caldbeck Gallery, Rockland, ME, US
1987 “Juried Exhibition” Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME, US
1987 “ABSTRACTION / a t c r o s s p u r p o s e s” McQuade Library Art Gallery, Merrimack College, North Andover, MA, US
1987 “New Constructions” Meadow Mountain Art & Performance Center, Warren, ME, US
1985 “Icons, Charms & Effigies” Congress Square Gallery, Portland, ME, US
1983 “Juried Exhibition” Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockport, ME, US
Work on View
Non-fungible tokens (NFT) based on HRBarnhartArt compositions available for sale, on view at Rarible and at Opensea
Geoform , online, curatorial project and resource for abstract, geometric art: https://geoform.net
hrbarnhartart , personal website: https://hrbarnhartart.myportfolio.com/
Bibliography (Full text of articles on Bibliography page.)
“Colorist Geometries and Rule-Set Art”, by Paul Prudence, Dataisnature, August 26, 2005
NY Arts Magazine , “Geometry Reloaded”, essay by Lilly Wei, Vol. 10, No. 5/6, May/June, 2005
“Under the Surface of our textured Lives”, essay by Lisa Davol for exhibition, Northampton Center for the Arts, 2005, “Visual Harmonics: Texture and Rhythm in Color,”
Maine Sunday Telegram, “Exhibit raises old question, clouds answer,” review by Bob Keys, Portland Press herald writer, February 8, 2004
“The Dance of Patterns”, essay by William Holshouser for exhibition/performance, Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge MA, USA, October, 1985
“Painting in a Corridor of Doors: Color Abstraction,” commentary and review by David Raymond of exhibition, “Color & Geometry: Recent Works by Andy Syrbick and Rick Barnhart”, Harbor Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Boston, October 1988
The Mass Media , “ Color it Energetic at the Gallery,” review by Kathleen Vejvoda of exhibition, “Color & Geometry: Recent Works by Andy Syrbick and Rick Barnhart”, Harbor Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Boston, October 25, 1988
Maine Sunday Telegram, “Exhibit raises old question, clouds answer,” review by Bob Keys, Portland Press herald writer, February 8, 2004
Preview, “Abstractions Fuse Color and Music,” review of exhibition, Harbor Square Gallery by Lynda Clancy, page 6, June 5-11, 1989